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Proboscis monkeys grooming.

An interactive map connects landowners and forest change in one of the world’s most biodiverse places

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Apr 2017

Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea

Greg Asner 26 Mar 2017

In defining plantations as forest, FAO attracts criticism

Benji Jones 21 Mar 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017
Hydropower in Asia

Building environmental community and transparency through maps

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 7 Mar 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

Free online analysis of forest change

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2016

KEDR: Watching over the cedar forests of the Russian Far East

Julia John 23 Nov 2016

Endangered species database ‘outdated’, underestimates risk of extinction: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Nov 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016
Auyna Tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima, part of the Guiana Shield. Photo by Christoph Kühnhanss via Wikimedia Commons.

The Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’

Akola Thompson 19 Oct 2016

Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation

Philip Jacobson 12 Oct 2016

Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2016

Five tools are better than one: determining deforestation drivers from above

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Aug 2016

Why is Brazil regressing in its fight against deforestation?

Paulo Barreto 12 Aug 2016

Understanding the ghost of the mountain

Julia John 10 Aug 2016

Identifying the drivers of Amazon deforestation through high-tech maps and stories

Suzanne Palminteri 5 Aug 2016

On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2016

Piloting PALM Risk to detect palm oil-driven deforestation

Julia John 20 Jul 2016

Combining high-tech and low-tech to turn satellite images into action

Nathan Hahn 24 Jun 2016
Rainforest tree in Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway pledges $14M to strengthen forest monitoring platform

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2016
Penas Blancas Forest, Costa Rica. Photo credit: George Powell

Online forest mapping made easy

Suzanne Palminteri 4 Jun 2016

Tech for Tigers: keeping tabs on forest habitat to conserve an iconic cat

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Apr 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Geospatial data for the people, by the people

Suzanne Palminteri 6 Feb 2016

Remote sensing is leading the way to a more transparent world

Nathan Hahn, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Nov 2015
Mark Hebblewhite and Kelly Proffitt use an ultrasound to measure an adult female elk's body condition in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. The elk was captured via a helicopter net gun and sports a GPS collar around her neck. Photo courtesy of Mark Hebblewhite.

Wildlife biology in the 21st century

Caleb O'Brien 20 Oct 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2015

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